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Glen Donald "Don" Bright Jr., age 68, died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Atrium Health-Cleveland.

Virginia "Nanny" Lee Benfield Brewer, age 87, moved to Heaven, Monday, May 25, 2020 at her home.

Edwin Glenn Homesley, 55, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Atrium Health in Lincolnton.

Joann Wright Harrill, 81, of Shelby, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Naomi Ruth Jones Beckum, age 93, of Roy Eaker Road, passed away Thursday May 21, 2020 at home.

Ann Harris Rector Robinson, age 86, died Friday, May 22, 2020 at her home.

Floyd "Shorty" Carroll Brittain, 80, of Bessemer City, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Barbara Ann "Cookie" Martin Lovelace, 75, of 1000 York Rd, passed away Sunday, May 24th, 2020, at her home.

Wayne "Sparkie" Nolen, age 73, of Forest City, went home to be his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 22, 2020 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Jimmy Lee Williams, age 56, of Haynes Moretz Drive, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.

Yolonda Kay Rochford, 69, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on May 23, 2020 at her home.

Joy Poss, 56, passed away May 23, 2020, at home.

David Lee McCurry, 90, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 24,2020 in Gaffney SC.

Vennie Lee Hudson, 77, of Woodrow Hoyle Road, Casar, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at her residence .

Theresa Mary Scanlon, 75, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on May 23, 2020 at her home.

Rhyne Michael Simpson, 29, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his residence.

Reita Rae Black Stroupe, age 81, of Kenwood Rd., passed away Saturday May 23, 2020 at her residence.

Cindy Scoggins Stone, 60, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on May 21, 2020 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby, NC.

Zeb Roger Wray, 75, of Shelby, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at his residence.

Phillip Edward Tyler, 64, of Blacksburg, SC, passed away suddenly on May 22, 2020 at his home.

Fred Eugene Brackett, 86, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at Peak Resources in Shelby.

Howard Gilbert Lail, 81, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020, at his home.

Anne White Dellinger, age 92 , of Delview Rd., passed away May 21, 2020 at residence.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 92 in Kings Mountain salute during the National Anthem during the

Honoring Our Veterans Program held by the Sons of the American Legion Squadron #82 at Sunset

Cemetery in Shelby. - Photo by Jeff Melton

The joy of finding a good book to read is now a little bit easier in Cleveland County. As of May 18, 2020, Cleveland County Memorial Library (CCML) in Shelby and the Spangler branch library in Lawndale are once again open to the public.